
Heart Attacks 101
Being heart healthy and heart-smart is important to us. There is so much information out there that people should know - and below are the links to the top three inquiries that we receive on a weekly basis. We also figured that here would be a good place to post the warning signs of a heart attack.
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Compression-Only CPR
The role of rescue breathing in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by a layperson is uncertain. We hypothesized that the dispatcher instructions to bystanders to provide chest compression alone would result in improved survival as compared with instructions to provide chest compression plus rescue breathing... (source: NE Journal of Medicine)
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The Miracles of Aspirin When Taken for Heart Attacks
Chewable aspirin is absorbed faster and is more effective than regular aspirin that is either swallowed whole or chewed and then swallowed, a new study shows. This “seemingly quite simple finding” could lead to improvements in the care of heart attack patients, researchers say...
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